Read the text in the supplement - it will provide necessary information and should inspire your individual long turn talk.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/opinion/sunday/sense-and-superstition.html
Imagine the following situation: Students´Meeting at University
Monologue: 4-5 min.
You study at the Technical University in Graz and you are a students´ representative (Österreichische Hochschülerschaft). There you meet fellow students from all around the world. To get to know each other a little bit better, you organise weekly meetings to discuss several topics. Today you want to talk about paranormal phenomena and superstition. First you introduce the topic giving a short talk:
· Present some superstitious behaviour and famous theories about several phenomena
· Analyse why people tend to believe the unbelievable
· Give your personal opinion concerning the topic
Dialogue: 8-10 min
With a colleague you discuss the topic. Consider the aspects below:
· discuss several weird theories and movies
· the function of new media and the internet, concerning the spreading of new unbelievable stories
· explain why there is often no 13th floor in hotels
· the credibility of the different kinds of media in general
· evaluate if some of the theories could be true and think if you are superstitious
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